dp916's definitions

appointment television

the decision of tv viewers to schedule their time so that they watch a specific program at a specific time

opposite of viewers who sit down in front of a tv and watch whatever is on

People who schedule their lives around tv practice appointment television.

by dp916 May 9, 2004

dopeer effect

the tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly

one of the winners in the Washington Post's Style Invitational - words altered by adding, subtracting, or changing only one letter and supplying a new definition

by dp916 March 17, 2004

ebonically pleasing

the correct use of ethnic urban slang

I love this website, there's always been some words I'm unclear about in ghetto talk so it's good to have this as a reference so I can sound ebonically pleasing to my friends!

by dp916 January 11, 2003

Dr.Drew

co-host of LoveLine

highly trained and well educated physician who has the ability to get to the root of a problem quickly and offer a step by step approach to it which could usually resolve or relieve its causes.

Dr. Drew is not afraid to take on. talk about and laugh at serious problems. He and Adam Corolla are a good team.

by dp916 April 2, 2004

gay fatigue

becoming bored with discussion of gay related issues or gay celebrities

MTV has caused more gay fatigue than any gay guy or lesbian could dream of. Imagine, 20 million teenagers a day learning to think being gay is so normal that it deserves coverage 24/7.

by dp916 March 10, 2004

pretentious twaddle

the manner in which some people demonstrate their worth to mankind by making sure that everyone in the room knows that they something special, have survived a bad hair day, or know more than their teachers, employers, parents, friends or anyone else

The conversations I over heard at the "happy hour" were dominated by the pretentions twaddle of college girls who should know better.

by dp916 February 14, 2004

drill down

Term used by a worthless network news barbie or cable news bunny to describe a story's seriousness and imply the amount of resources the network will apply to its journalistic investigation.

The term is frequently used to imply that the "reporter" will get to the bottom of the story and then back to the viewers in order to feed their news rage.

studio news barbie:

"Great report Gina (news bunny on location)!"

We'll drill down into that story you're covering about Mr. and Mrs. Elephant's new baby and get back to you. Thanks.

by dp916 November 25, 2010